Salient: Victoria University of Wellington Students' Newspaper. Vol. 32, No. 15. 1969.
Medical Aid For Vietnam
Medical Aid For Vietnam
The Medical Aid Committee Tor Vietnam, which has just been formed in the University is frying to divert the proceeds of 1% AID to their funds.
"The money should go where it will serve some useful purpose," a spokesman said.
The Committee sends medical supplies to the Red Cross of the "liberated ureas "of Vietnam. "Four-fifths of the people of South Vietnam live in NLF controlled ureas," the statement said.
"An American Congressman, Clement Zabocki of Wisconsin has reported that in some search-and-destroy missions there ore six civilian casualties for one Viet Cong," they said.
"More than 600,000 South Vietnam civilians have been killed since 1961.
"If the aid is sent to there areas it goes directly to those people who need it most, an effective aid to the building of a better life for the people of South Vietnam," the statement said.